Frygð
Old Norse Dictionary - frygð
Meaning of Old Norse word "frygð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word frygð can mean:frygð
- frygð
- f., and fryktr, m., Stj. 26, 56, 77, [an unclass. word formed from Lat. fructus], blossoming; fegrð ok f., Stj. 14, 142; frygð ok feiti, 154; frygð ok ávöxtr, 15. frygðar-fullr and -samligr, adj. fruitful, Stj. 27.
- frygð
- II. in the Rímur of the 15th century frygð is used of love, Lat. amores, Skáld-H. 5. 38, passim; and frygðugr, adj. amorous, Skáld-H. It is a bad word and quite out of use, and seems to have no connection with Germ. freude, which is a good Teut. word; the mod. frukt, n. humble compliments, and frukta, að, to make such compliments, in a bad sense, are perhaps akin, but they are slang words.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᚢᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- class.
- classical.
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- unclass.
- unclassical.
- Germ.
- German.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)